'Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service' is a novel by the British writer Frederick Marryat. Like much of Marryat's work it is a seafaring novel about a young man impressed into the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He is subsequently imprisoned by the French, shipwrecked in the West Indies and makes a success in trading in the East Indies.

This book contains the thrilling tale of Newton Forster and his adventures after being forced into the Navy. Newton faces non-stop action, from murder and insanity, gangs to pirates, and treachery to romance, this book is bound to keep the reader thrilled from start to finish. This book, written by Frederick Marryat and originally published in 1832, is now being republished here with a new introductory biography. Frederick Marryat was a British Navy officer and Novelist. Notable works include Peter Simple (1834), The Phantom Ship (1839), Poor Jack (1840), Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific (1841) and Settlers in Canada (1844).